Thanksgiving on a large scale. With a family of nearly 20 people, sizable soirees are hard to avoid at her place.In a normal year, dinner would be served on extended tables, conversations would stretch well into the evening, and her youngest niece would spend most of the day chasing the Vaill-Ciano cat around the house.“It’s usually pretty crazy,” the Keswick, Ont., resident said. “And we love it.”This year’s Vaill-Ciano bash, altered by rising COVID-19 cases, won’t include any of that.
At least not in person.With her mother suffering from COPD, an obstructive lung disease, Vaill-Ciano has been doing family gatherings on Zoom since the early stages of the pandemic.